Today, I received the below FB message from Aaron Lifshin.
Due to repeated and continued self promotion, we have decided to ban you from commenting on the Mayday.US Facebook page. I asked you not to do that in the group, and you moved to our other forum to continue doing so. Let me remind you once again that Mayday.US is not a vehicle for the self-promotion of your candidacy. Please do not use the Mayday brand for your own purposes.
I find Aaron's reaction to what I have been doing ridiculous and pathetic. I hope you will complain to MAYDAY.US about this.
Thank you.
Update 10/8
Below is my email to Professor Lessig:
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshattuck@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 7:25 AM
Subject: My reply
To: Lawrence Lessig
Date: Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 7:25 AM
Subject: My reply
To: Lawrence Lessig
Dear Professor Lessig,
I appreciate that I am able to send you this reply.
I thought what I was trying to advocate and promote in The MAYDAY Supporters Blog was worthwhile and of value to MAYDAY.
There seem two possibilities.
One possibility was I was badly mistaken in thinking that.
The other possibility is that, while what I was trying to advocate is worthwhile for MAYDAY, a determination was made that I am incapable of engaging in an acceptable way about the same with other MAYDAY supporters.
Things I advocated included (i) MAYDAY supporters "tweet bombing" into Congressional districts for candidates MAYDAY has selected to support, as well as for other candidates MAYDAY supporters deemed worthy of support (I believe you retweeted my NH/Jim Rubens "tweet bombing" tweet, so I would have to assume that you thought that was a meritorious idea), (ii) MAYDAY supporters trying to get their local colleges and universities to hold symposiums before November 4th, (iii) MAYDAY supporters jumping into Congressional races as write in candidates, (iv) MAYDAY supporters trying to appeal to their local chambers of commerce (to try to play on the fact that the business community has its own concerns about a "broken" Congress), and (v) MAYDAY supporters engaging with Congressional candidates to draw them out or firm them up or change their views regarding CFR.
In making the foregoing advocacy, I endeavored to "lead by example." Also, I believed, if one had a "track record" which gave some "cred", that too should be used to be more effective in persuading MAYDAY supporters to do the things that were being advocated and to be more effective with purveying messages to voters.
I started The MAYDAY Supporters Blog after the MAYDAY Facebook Group made clear that it wanted to limit itself to internal discussion by members of the Group and did not want to aim efforts and activities out towards voters at large and did not want to interface with candidates.
You know as well as anyone that to make headway in advocacy requires advocates who strenuously and persistently put themselves forward to make the advocacy.
In some cases, that can be viewed by targets of the advocacy as "self-promotion."
I have been endeavoring to put forth my advocacy forcefully. Apparently, those who have complained saw mainly "self-promotion" and did not give much thought to exactly what is needed for advocacy to be effective.
If what I have been advocating is worthwhile and of value to MAYDAY, I would be more than happy to discuss how to make advocacy that both tries to be effective and at the same time is not viewed as unacceptable "self-promotion." If there is anyone I can discuss this with at MAYDAY, just give me a name and I will proceed to discuss.
If you think no such discussion is possible, well, I guess that's the way it is, and I'll have to find a plan B (or no plan at all).
Thank you very much for whatever attention you give to this reply.
Sincerely,
Rob
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